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Definition of Lastex
1. Noun. Yarn that has an elastic core wound around with cotton or silk or nylon or rayon threads.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Lastex
Literary usage of Lastex
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. History of Friedrich II of Prussia, Called Frederick the Great by Thomas Carlyle (1865)
"In this "sad situation, nothing is left for me but trying the lastex- " tremity.
I must go and give battle; and if we cannot conquer, " we must all of us ..."
2. The African Repository by American Colonization Society (1840)
"check on Albany .... 16 00 Connecticut.—Milford, Collections in the 1st Society .
. 12 08 riew Jersey ~'iate Society.—Amount contributed towards the lastex- ..."
3. History of Greece by George Grote (1851)
"Thermopylae consisted of the 300 Spartans, with Lastex- a certain number of Helots
attending them, toge- death o? ther with 700 Thespians and apparently 400 ..."
4. Cases in the Court of Common Pleas and Exchequer Chamber by John Scott, Great Britain Court of Common Pleas, Great Britain Court of Exchequer (1835)
"... lastex- 12th May, the defendant was committed by a subdivision E^^ST* court
of the court of bankruptcy to the custody of the tic°es adJ°u™- after the ..."
5. Advertiser Notes and Queries (1884)
"... The lastex'ant is dated March, 30th, 1889. By an entry in the parish register
it appears ^hв w.is buried June 12th, ..."
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